Teller sold his soul to the Devil (Penn) for powers over shadows and darkness. Of course when making deals with the Devil you usually get the raw end of the deal which is why he must constantly do Penn's evil bidding and is not allowed to speak.
@MiNdFrEaK1292 Teller has been doing it since he was five you "faggot"....And Teller is a lot more famous than Criss Angel. Penn & Teller are international! They have the longest and best running magic show in Vegas, and have been together for 35 years or so! You can like Criss Angel all you want, but do not insult such a great magician who has been in magic for a heck of a lot longer than Criss Angel has, and who actually possess more talent than Criss ever will. Could you ever do this? No.
@thesophster1231 hahaha.. some was saying Angel was better than Penn & Teller!? That is funny. I bet if you as Chris Angel he would laugh at the mere suggestion. Teller is simply a genius and one of the best magical minds of all time. Chris is a great magician and performer, but really, lets be serious.
@no2religions I know! Anybody in the right mind would say that Teller is the better magician! He truly is. I think Teller is one of the best magicians around, along with Derren Brown. Yes Criss is a magician, and knows a lot more about magic than I will, but he is nothing compared to Teller. It's the truth. By the way, liking your youtube name :D
@thesophster1231 I love Derren Brown. His stuff on skepticism is great. You can find a great conversation between him and Richard Dawkins on here youtube.
And if you like my user name, you will love my movies. Friend and sub me! :) It would be the SOPHisticated thing to do.
@no2religions Well you can't spell sophisticated without Sophi now can you ;). I'll be sure to find the interviews. Another great man is James Randi. Such an amazing man! I will also be sure to friend and sub.
@thesophster1231 James Randi is totally awesome, and mentor of penn and teller. you can see them all talking on a video from "the amazing meeting". Randi also gives great talks about homeopathy.
How come you don't have any videos, sophi? Do your own version of shadows.
@no2religions Haha, I'm not that much of a magician. Couple of tricks but nothing much XD If only :) If there was god, I would love God to be just like Randi! He is amazing. I'll make a video one day. Haha, me failing at either a trick, guitar or keyboard. :)
@thesophster1231 I've figured out a "Shadows" method that doesn't use strings. There is no visible setup. You want it? Give it a go! I haven't done it or anything, but you'll know right away it's better than any other attempt on youtube!
Do tricks, there are fewer trick videos than there are mediocre music videos.
@no2religions Sure message me. Is it a method using heat or something? There are very many theories. But to be honest, I'd rather have Teller keep his amazing shadow trick. It's his trick. And he does it beautifully. Poetic, beautiful but eerie. He's the real magician, and I am doing my hardest to save up and see Penn and Teller live. Ever since I was little, I've always wanted to see the duo live. As well as Derren Brown. I'm sure I can do a few of my old tricks.
Is it possible that he has back stage hands pulling the leaves of and the shadow move when it moves and teller isn't doing anything to the plant then with some carful timing he can pretend he is effecting it with the knife
by the way if you really want to hear teller speak search here for the clip called & teller and &teller 2 . it is 2 part short film where teller is the only person to speak . it is him speaking as i have seen a clip from one of the amazing meetings where he has the same voice .
Just got back from Vegas, and I saw their shoe live!! So amazing this trick always gets me and they then pegged it out of the theatre and I thought they had escaped to their rooms but then I saw them stood waiting!! Teller spoke to me, Penn called me Boss and I got a picture and autograph from both of them!!!!!
I've never been more impressed with a live show in my entire life. After the performance ends they run out of the theater and I literally sprinted after them in hopes to catch up. To my surprise, they wait at the door and literally thank their fans. Penn shook my hand and called me "boss". :D
The shadow is the flower's shadow so what the magician has to do is remotely make the flower's pedals/leaves fall and the shadow follows. This is done using invisible magician's thread that goes from the wall, to the floor to the flower. The flower pedals/leaves are slightly weighted to overcome the resistance of the thread. When a leaf only slightly drops, there are two threads attached to it with one thread having slack in it to take over when the other thread is cut.
@narutofan9tf A very small tube on the floor goes from the shadow wall to the table. This tube's covered with tape that matches the color of the floor so it's invisible to the viewers. Invisible threads goes from the shadow flower pieces, down to the floor, through the tube and up the base of the table to the flower. The flower's pedals/leaves are weighted so they will fall and the vase is stuck to the table for stability.
@cheese9595 duude that either can be a hidden thread pulling against the screen or it has self timing system didnt see therre were no audience but still penn and teller are good
@TheWilbz thats the point, thats why he WOULD say that. because its so simple that your mind wouldnt accept it. you would be looking for elaborate technical solutions, holograms, nanites, etc but not going to the really simple. thats what magic is. fooling your brain into thinking those normal everyday actions, things which are always true all the time are true this time too. your brain looks for complex solutions so it doesnt have to rethink all of its preconceived notions of reality.
@TheOrnt what about his hand. It isn't dripping blood when he first cuts it but then when he puts in on the screen then all of the sudden it's like full blood flow. And I don't really see his hand figiting with the threads.
@LazyEyes422 when he first started preforming this, he originally wanted a thorn to cut him from the rose (to by symbolic) but the problem was that not many people caught on to that. So he started cutting himself of the knife which is picked up on more. He does hope to one day be able to go back to the thorn (all this I got from an interview I read with him)
Look how he hesitates and watches for signs that the wax is melting. A studio light is very hot, so you're sure the wax will melt. He probably has some motion rehearsed for when things go in the wrong order or together.
@riparianlife97701 that would be logical, but it can't be the explanation. Reason being is that Teller use to preform this with those child's spelling blocks and with voodoo dolls...so wax wouldn't apply. I'm not saying I know how it's done, I'm just saying that wax isn't very likely.
if wires were directly attached to each specific joint and pulled, there runs a risk of moving the entire plant. but if wires are tightly looped around the tip of the joint closest to the stem and also attached to the stem itself just under the loop, then tightened, the pieces fall while the wires/loops remain hidden and the plant does not move. and the darkness and the viewing distance away from the stage certainly plays a huge factor, i'm sure.
@Shelter1284 yeah, but these guys are notorious for making thing way more difficult than they have to be. im sure it can be done with something as simple as string but is more complicated than building a fake rose out of petrifyed peices of real roses.
amazing... the effect, the performance, no wonder teller became silence in his performances after he made this trick( that's what the narrator said, teller made the shadow trick)
penn and teller dont hate angel either. i dont know where this is all coming from. pretty much all the headlining magicians in vegas all know and like each other. penn had mac king and lance burton on his radio show. he also told stories about him and angel and about the amazing randi
Wax is holding the leaves and petals on. That's the reason for the very bright light. It melts the wax. The magician watches for a petal or leaf to start sagging, then aims for that petal or leaf's shadow with the knife. It would take lots of practice to apply the wax right, and to get the timing down.
@riparianlife97701 Too complicated. The trick has to be performed live many times, and without a single failure. Magicians prevent random chance from interfering whenever possible.
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the flowers are made of wax and the spotlight slowly melts them and if you judge it right you can tell which one is about to fall so u pretend to cut the shadow
That would be a good explanation, if it weren't for the fact he cuts the flowers in the same order each time he performs the illusion. But, it is better than any explanation I can come up with.
What you do is put a small amount of wax on the first leaf, a little more on the second leaf, and still more on the petals. That way, they'll fall in a pretty predictable order.
I gotta say that I love penn and teller for showing off the every day tricks that everyone knows and proving to them that they are simple easy tricks and then turning it around and pulling out their own self created tricks which they refuse to provide information for. All in all it just seems so cool. and it's gonna drive younger magicians to create more interesting tricks which will cause the entertaining factor of magic to live on for many more years.
Yes. I heard him say in an interview that early in his magic career when heckled he said nothing which soon shut them up. He just extended this to his whole performance. Also chances are with a partner like Penn he wouldn't get a word in anyway. :-D
@s043487263 -- I saw them live in Philadelphia once. I'd never seen Teller talk. Imagine my surprise when I got to meet and greet them off stage, and he spoke! He only won't speak when on camera/stage/performing.
Teller's really interesting. He knows a lot about psychology of magic and even built his house with trick mirrors and other props built in to fool visitors.
Ok, we know that the shadow of the rose is not really the shadow of the rose we can see in front. The clue is in the fact that Teller's movements don't exactly match the shadow's movements - so that's not his shadow either.
Dreamer, look more closely and you'll see the shape of the actual flower is wrong at the top. There's a shadow petal sticking up that isn't there on the real one.
Indeed, I'm nowhere near as clever as Teller so I don't know how he makes it fall apart.
Chris Angel is a pussy who steals tricks from more talented magicians and does them wearing skinny jeans and eyeliner so emo girls think he's their Sexy Lord Satan.
I've heard Angel went off on an amateur magician calling him a fake and accusing him of not really being able to do magic. I think he's flipped his wig.
@olddeuteronomy, I hate Criss as much as the next guy, but he, and Houdini, and Penn and Teller and many other magicians have spoke out and went after fake psychic's who deceive people when they are most vulnerable. Criss's dad had just died, I believe and this guy was claiming he could talk to the dead. Criss, knowing he was a con artist, knowing his methods, could not tolerate deception being used in that way. Most magicians can't.
I know how it's done. Wax. The flower is put together with wax, and the bright light that casts the shadow melts the wax. If you're consistent in how you apply the wax, you know in what order the pieces will fall.
and every time you do it somewhere else, under a different lightbulb, or just the slightest difference in wax, you are going to have different melting points. nice try though.
Where is this clip from?
Jonez69 1 month ago
To be honest it looks pretty straight forward.
A mechanical flower that drops its petals and leaves.
bustermk2 1 month ago
Without doubt my favourite illusion in all the world.
PassTheMarmalade1957 2 months ago
What is this from?
kr15rox 2 months ago
I know EXACTLY how this trick is done! v
Teller sold his soul to the Devil (Penn) for powers over shadows and darkness. Of course when making deals with the Devil you usually get the raw end of the deal which is why he must constantly do Penn's evil bidding and is not allowed to speak.
xena91388 3 months ago 8
@MiNdFrEaK1292 Teller has been doing it since he was five you "faggot"....And Teller is a lot more famous than Criss Angel. Penn & Teller are international! They have the longest and best running magic show in Vegas, and have been together for 35 years or so! You can like Criss Angel all you want, but do not insult such a great magician who has been in magic for a heck of a lot longer than Criss Angel has, and who actually possess more talent than Criss ever will. Could you ever do this? No.
thesophster1231 5 months ago 4
@thesophster1231 hahaha.. some was saying Angel was better than Penn & Teller!? That is funny. I bet if you as Chris Angel he would laugh at the mere suggestion. Teller is simply a genius and one of the best magical minds of all time. Chris is a great magician and performer, but really, lets be serious.
no2religions 5 months ago
@no2religions I know! Anybody in the right mind would say that Teller is the better magician! He truly is. I think Teller is one of the best magicians around, along with Derren Brown. Yes Criss is a magician, and knows a lot more about magic than I will, but he is nothing compared to Teller. It's the truth. By the way, liking your youtube name :D
thesophster1231 5 months ago
@thesophster1231 I love Derren Brown. His stuff on skepticism is great. You can find a great conversation between him and Richard Dawkins on here youtube.
And if you like my user name, you will love my movies. Friend and sub me! :) It would be the SOPHisticated thing to do.
no2religions 5 months ago
@no2religions Well you can't spell sophisticated without Sophi now can you ;). I'll be sure to find the interviews. Another great man is James Randi. Such an amazing man! I will also be sure to friend and sub.
thesophster1231 5 months ago
@thesophster1231 James Randi is totally awesome, and mentor of penn and teller. you can see them all talking on a video from "the amazing meeting". Randi also gives great talks about homeopathy.
How come you don't have any videos, sophi? Do your own version of shadows.
no2religions 5 months ago
@no2religions Haha, I'm not that much of a magician. Couple of tricks but nothing much XD If only :) If there was god, I would love God to be just like Randi! He is amazing. I'll make a video one day. Haha, me failing at either a trick, guitar or keyboard. :)
thesophster1231 5 months ago
@thesophster1231 I've figured out a "Shadows" method that doesn't use strings. There is no visible setup. You want it? Give it a go! I haven't done it or anything, but you'll know right away it's better than any other attempt on youtube!
Do tricks, there are fewer trick videos than there are mediocre music videos.
no2religions 5 months ago
@no2religions Sure message me. Is it a method using heat or something? There are very many theories. But to be honest, I'd rather have Teller keep his amazing shadow trick. It's his trick. And he does it beautifully. Poetic, beautiful but eerie. He's the real magician, and I am doing my hardest to save up and see Penn and Teller live. Ever since I was little, I've always wanted to see the duo live. As well as Derren Brown. I'm sure I can do a few of my old tricks.
thesophster1231 5 months ago
@no2religions Chriss Angel is a douch bag
mrbusters 5 months ago 16
I am pretty sure I know how this is done. No tape, no strings, no fishing line, no helpers.
ReviewsByErik 6 months ago
what's this clip actually from???
I love penn & teller, especially teller
they inspired me to learn magic (still a teenager :P)
Agger32111 6 months ago
Is it possible that he has back stage hands pulling the leaves of and the shadow move when it moves and teller isn't doing anything to the plant then with some carful timing he can pretend he is effecting it with the knife
acdchiway2hell 6 months ago
@acdchiway2hell i think that too
samuelsixvids 4 days ago
by the way if you really want to hear teller speak search here for the clip called & teller and &teller 2 . it is 2 part short film where teller is the only person to speak . it is him speaking as i have seen a clip from one of the amazing meetings where he has the same voice .
irishmanufan 6 months ago
how is this done
djtcady 6 months ago
I really want a side view of this trick.
stansberry2295 6 months ago
@stansberry2295 I really don't think it would matter... well, you might see him load the fake blood, but that's it.
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IS there any published official material on this particular effect, where I could learn how to do it ?
jerome96114 7 months ago
Jesus Jason Alexander is a pussy.
Steelsheen11b 7 months ago 7
@Steelsheen11b Srsly. What a tool.
princesstamika 6 months ago
Following P & T for 20 + yrs. This trick never fails to amaze!
sjudit1 7 months ago
That's so beautiful. I had tears in my eyes.
I'm actually falling in love with Teller. There's something about the subtle, silent and mysterious types.
JenRageify 7 months ago
I'm 21 and I have the hots for this guy like no other.
kurukururock 7 months ago 5
@kurukururock im two years younger than you and i also do aswell :)
AllsortPassport 7 months ago
"He was a rather melodramatic teenager..."
MissCandyK 7 months ago
Just got back from Vegas, and I saw their shoe live!! So amazing this trick always gets me and they then pegged it out of the theatre and I thought they had escaped to their rooms but then I saw them stood waiting!! Teller spoke to me, Penn called me Boss and I got a picture and autograph from both of them!!!!!
russellbrandandkaty 7 months ago
Who invented Shadows?
ppp636 8 months ago
oh god Jason Alexander, you cried? Come on.
macabresoul1 8 months ago
I've never been more impressed with a live show in my entire life. After the performance ends they run out of the theater and I literally sprinted after them in hopes to catch up. To my surprise, they wait at the door and literally thank their fans. Penn shook my hand and called me "boss". :D
WaterMedia 8 months ago 2
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xxxxxrandom 8 months ago
As someone who simply appreciates magic for the art, this is one of the most beautiful pieces of magic I've ever seen.
VioletScorpion 8 months ago
The shadow is the flower's shadow so what the magician has to do is remotely make the flower's pedals/leaves fall and the shadow follows. This is done using invisible magician's thread that goes from the wall, to the floor to the flower. The flower pedals/leaves are slightly weighted to overcome the resistance of the thread. When a leaf only slightly drops, there are two threads attached to it with one thread having slack in it to take over when the other thread is cut.
kor1867 9 months ago
@kor1867 how did he move around the plant without exposing these threads?
narutofan9tf 8 months ago
@narutofan9tf A very small tube on the floor goes from the shadow wall to the table. This tube's covered with tape that matches the color of the floor so it's invisible to the viewers. Invisible threads goes from the shadow flower pieces, down to the floor, through the tube and up the base of the table to the flower. The flower's pedals/leaves are weighted so they will fall and the vase is stuck to the table for stability.
kor1867 8 months ago
@kor1867
If you say so
narutofan9tf 8 months ago
@kor1867 Your explanation doesn't actually make much sense lol
monkeywolf 8 months ago
i saw them live in vegas and got their autographs after the show and teller talked to people afterwards
hanamontanarules1 9 months ago
that is soo stupid theres another guy behind that white screen u can notice from the begining the knives shadow becomes 2 wtf!!
griderable 10 months ago
@griderable then who's cutting the real rose?
cheese9595 10 months ago
@cheese9595 duude that either can be a hidden thread pulling against the screen or it has self timing system didnt see therre were no audience but still penn and teller are good
griderable 10 months ago
am i the only one that noticed what the last flower peddle did at 1:26 ?
deadInf3rno 11 months ago
@deadInf3rno I didn't see anything, would you mind sharing?
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2ndSamuel710 11 months ago
I'm sure if it were that simple that Penn wouldn't be saying 'You'll never figure it out", or else he'd look a right twat
TheWilbz 11 months ago
@TheWilbz thats the point, thats why he WOULD say that. because its so simple that your mind wouldnt accept it. you would be looking for elaborate technical solutions, holograms, nanites, etc but not going to the really simple. thats what magic is. fooling your brain into thinking those normal everyday actions, things which are always true all the time are true this time too. your brain looks for complex solutions so it doesnt have to rethink all of its preconceived notions of reality.
tuseroni 11 months ago
@tuseroni Good point, the misdirection from the simple trick is probably the most elaborate part.
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jayaniperera 11 months ago
Anyone know where I can find a video of Teller's other shadow trick? The one with the Unicorn song?
waterskippers 1 year ago
thanks
lbcob 1 year ago
He hasn't changed a bit.
desertsonata 1 year ago
Not to sound pretentious or anything, but for those of you saying the trick is obvious, I don't think you understand the point of the illusion.
riddleman65 1 year ago 6
this trick was very obvious to me as soon as I saw it.
TheOrnt 1 year ago
@TheOrnt Shut the fuck up, you're trolling all the P&E videos, get out
DaProtagonist 1 year ago
@DaProtagonist
no troll simply: obvious trick is obvious
TheOrnt 1 year ago
@TheOrnt how does he do the trick, i would like to know, please reply
lbcob 1 year ago
@lbcob
if you must know he uses a thread in the other hand to drag the weak leaves off...
the thread is so thin that you can't see the shadow.
Look at his hand, you can clearly see it
TheOrnt 1 year ago
@TheOrnt what about his hand. It isn't dripping blood when he first cuts it but then when he puts in on the screen then all of the sudden it's like full blood flow. And I don't really see his hand figiting with the threads.
Bcm80 1 year ago
@TheOrnt
lbcob 1 year ago
If you ask me the shadow is real... it is just that the plant is being pulled apart by invisible wires.
DLPBurke 1 year ago
@DLPBurke That sounds right to me.
Maddolis 1 year ago
If I ever had a terminal disease and got to make a wish, I would wish to be told how this is done by Teller himself. I cannot get over this.
XxMissNoNamexX 1 year ago 3
I'm in love with Teller.
ephemeralprotagonist 1 year ago 69
@ephemeralprotagonist hes such a good listener
ZuluComander 7 months ago
@ephemeralprotagonist Yes me to :)
FruitLooperLove 6 months ago
yes, teller can speak. Watch the movie "Penn & Teller Get Killed" (if you can find it anywhere) teller actually rambles for a good while at the end.
mazteer01 1 year ago 18
@mazteer01 Just spotted the DVD release on Amazon.
mddawson1 1 year ago
@mazteer01 or google 'teller speaks in egypt'
ontariobuds 9 months ago
@mazteer01 Or at "The Amazing Meeting," when he suddenly interrupts Penn to answer an audience question.
IoEstasCedonta 7 months ago
@mazteer01: Penn and Teller also guest starred on an episode of the Simpsons and he spoke through the animated depiction of himself.
MyPersonalVendetta 5 months ago
@MyPersonalVendetta They guest starred twice actually.
benwisey 3 months ago
@LazyEyes422 when he first started preforming this, he originally wanted a thorn to cut him from the rose (to by symbolic) but the problem was that not many people caught on to that. So he started cutting himself of the knife which is picked up on more. He does hope to one day be able to go back to the thorn (all this I got from an interview I read with him)
echoesofgilmour 1 year ago
Uhmm... What's with the random Criss Angel hate? Besides he's an ILLUSIONIST not really a magician in the sense of the word if you think about it.
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I'd like to suck Penn's brain matter through a straw and then eat Teller's tiny dick off.
Bastards.
fuckyousonsofbitches 1 year ago
@fuckyousonsofbitches WTF?
CThompson151 1 year ago
Teller actually gives a really interesting lecture on magic somewhere on youtube.
jacksawild 1 year ago
damn... Teller looked exactly the same!!
W1kk3dMango 1 year ago 7
Look how he hesitates and watches for signs that the wax is melting. A studio light is very hot, so you're sure the wax will melt. He probably has some motion rehearsed for when things go in the wrong order or together.
riparianlife97701 1 year ago
@riparianlife97701 that would be logical, but it can't be the explanation. Reason being is that Teller use to preform this with those child's spelling blocks and with voodoo dolls...so wax wouldn't apply. I'm not saying I know how it's done, I'm just saying that wax isn't very likely.
echoesofgilmour 1 year ago
if wires were directly attached to each specific joint and pulled, there runs a risk of moving the entire plant. but if wires are tightly looped around the tip of the joint closest to the stem and also attached to the stem itself just under the loop, then tightened, the pieces fall while the wires/loops remain hidden and the plant does not move. and the darkness and the viewing distance away from the stage certainly plays a huge factor, i'm sure.
matt46and2 1 year ago
The point is...its Tellers wonderful imagination that made this trick so beautiful.
OK its not hard to figure out how its done...but Teller performs it and invented it...
What a guy !!
jonnno243 1 year ago
what is the name of this show or episode?
NoFearNoFlame 1 year ago
@NoFearNoFlame A doco about P&T called 'Bravo Profiles'
mddawson1 1 year ago 2
George is a pussy
AndThenThereWere11 1 year ago
I would not want to know how this is done, it would take away the buety of the illusion.
AnglOsAxOn2 1 year ago
how in the hell did he do that
bernadette180360 1 year ago
HOW IS IT DONE?!?!?!
Lrg8607 1 year ago
why does teller look like a girl in 0:11?
itsnotcrispycrunchie 1 year ago
Amazing.
DermochelysCoriacea 1 year ago
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penn jillett is stupid alot of people know how to do it. he is just cocky when it comes to his own tricks. duechbag
superchee2e 1 year ago
umm... why are people laughing at something so perfect?
papermermaid 1 year ago
@papermermaid Because there astounded by the illusion, plus they laugh when he acts as though he has been cut, which he intended to be funny
AnglOsAxOn2 1 year ago
@lewrites laughter is often a reaction to surprise.
duchamp42 1 year ago 5
@lewrites Teller acted in a way that the audience found humorous.
DrHeinzy 1 year ago
Very simple trick.
Shelter1284 1 year ago
@Shelter1284 yeah, but these guys are notorious for making thing way more difficult than they have to be. im sure it can be done with something as simple as string but is more complicated than building a fake rose out of petrifyed peices of real roses.
PermittoNex 1 year ago
amazing... the effect, the performance, no wonder teller became silence in his performances after he made this trick( that's what the narrator said, teller made the shadow trick)
CopyCat1995 1 year ago 2
Simply beautiful.
peachwalls 1 year ago
I think that's the most beautiful trick I've ever seen. Pure visual poetry.
realsceptic 1 year ago
Someone else mentioned this and it's true - Teller's movements don't perfectly match his shadow sometimes.
CAPNMRVL 1 year ago
Totally amazing. Totally beautiful
pixshatterer 1 year ago
penn and teller dont hate angel either. i dont know where this is all coming from. pretty much all the headlining magicians in vegas all know and like each other. penn had mac king and lance burton on his radio show. he also told stories about him and angel and about the amazing randi
ashburn247 1 year ago
@ashburn247 yeah, penn interviewed him and he didnt sound like he had a problem
PermittoNex 1 year ago
saw them friday night! This trick is amazing up close!
Dreamgirl3662 1 year ago
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That Jason Alexander guy is such a pussy, he cried when he saw the illusion, LOL
sebs30v 1 year ago
@LazyEyes422 not real blood, illusion :P prob just a blood capsule
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fuckyousonsofbitches 1 year ago
Wax is holding the leaves and petals on. That's the reason for the very bright light. It melts the wax. The magician watches for a petal or leaf to start sagging, then aims for that petal or leaf's shadow with the knife. It would take lots of practice to apply the wax right, and to get the timing down.
riparianlife97701 1 year ago
@riparianlife97701 Too complicated. The trick has to be performed live many times, and without a single failure. Magicians prevent random chance from interfering whenever possible.
Chris45215 1 year ago
It is beautiful ....its simplicity makes it awsome!!!!
Ai0nN 1 year ago
I think it's simple. The petals are remote controlled. But I could definitely be wrong. Saying that the petals simply aren't living is disappointing.
Squalltacos 1 year ago
One of my favorites. I remember watching this a long time ago. Very interesting and beautiful performance.
Kevynne16 1 year ago
Can someone please post a video of teller just performing the trick please?
rlrsk8r1 1 year ago
AWESOME!!! I'm going to see P & T in Las Vegas next week!!! I'm going to get a deck of Bicycles signed by them.....
P.S. I GET TO FUCKING MEET THEM!!!!!!!
puppypuppy117 1 year ago
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the flowers are made of wax and the spotlight slowly melts them and if you judge it right you can tell which one is about to fall so u pretend to cut the shadow
zezimabiach2195 1 year ago
That would be a good explanation, if it weren't for the fact he cuts the flowers in the same order each time he performs the illusion. But, it is better than any explanation I can come up with.
magickid777 1 year ago
What you do is put a small amount of wax on the first leaf, a little more on the second leaf, and still more on the petals. That way, they'll fall in a pretty predictable order.
rlrsk8r1 1 year ago
@rlrsk8r1 -- Then comes the problem of the petals abruptly falling off too soon.
Personally, I think it's done with a lot of piano wire or fishing line, considering he's got a knife up there, but this is just me speculating.
Sonicblade128 1 year ago
ugh now i wana know how its done
TimTehPilot 1 year ago
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You can tell which is which because Penn is the fat idiot that babbles about nothing, and Teller is the mute midget that probably has a small peter
nothingman36 1 year ago
I gotta say that I love penn and teller for showing off the every day tricks that everyone knows and proving to them that they are simple easy tricks and then turning it around and pulling out their own self created tricks which they refuse to provide information for. All in all it just seems so cool. and it's gonna drive younger magicians to create more interesting tricks which will cause the entertaining factor of magic to live on for many more years.
TheRougeStallion 1 year ago 5
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The best Trick that Penn and Teller have done is where they become so famous, yet I'm still confused which is penn, and which is teller.
jeffzahnd 2 years ago
Teller doesn't talk.
mddawson1 2 years ago
can he talk in real life when he is not acting?
s043487263 2 years ago
Yes. I heard him say in an interview that early in his magic career when heckled he said nothing which soon shut them up. He just extended this to his whole performance. Also chances are with a partner like Penn he wouldn't get a word in anyway. :-D
mddawson1 2 years ago 37
@s043487263 I SAW THIS LIVE AT THE SHOW IN VEGAS LOVE THIS ONE!!!!
tundrablue88 1 year ago
@s043487263 He meets with the audience after the show and talks to them.
badjoke33 1 year ago
@s043487263 I think there's a video somewhere here where he holding a lecture.
pdx98pdx98 1 year ago
@s043487263 -- I saw them live in Philadelphia once. I'd never seen Teller talk. Imagine my surprise when I got to meet and greet them off stage, and he spoke! He only won't speak when on camera/stage/performing.
hitokage4 1 year ago
@mddawson1 Yes he can and does.
AnglOsAxOn2 1 year ago
@mddawson1 he does in real life
aplayaz2000 1 year ago
@mddawson1 i saw them live in vegas once and after the show i talked to them and teller does actually talk. its just part of the act. :)
hanamontanarules 1 year ago
teller is the one that doesnt talk. they should of had eachothers names
elvisrocker97 2 years ago
@elvisrocker97 Teller is his real surname!
Plus, he does talk, only not when performing!
ShahnamPersia 1 year ago
Teller's really interesting. He knows a lot about psychology of magic and even built his house with trick mirrors and other props built in to fool visitors.
pedercody 2 years ago 5
brilliant trick, i'd choose penn and teller over criss angel anyday alot of criss angels tricks have been done in some way by older magicians anyway
NickRichardsExeter 2 years ago 5
plus majority of them are pre arranged and camera tricks
SCIPghosthunters 2 years ago 8
@SCIPghosthunters and lots of actors!
ShahnamPersia 1 year ago
At some of the guys below me..
Chris Angel is a publicity stunter who has tricks that have been exposed multiple times on T.V.
Teller is probably the greatest magician since Houdini.
magicalorangutan 2 years ago 10
how the hell is this dun
jonathanr345 2 years ago
@jonathanr345
Ok, we know that the shadow of the rose is not really the shadow of the rose we can see in front. The clue is in the fact that Teller's movements don't exactly match the shadow's movements - so that's not his shadow either.
queenastilon 2 years ago
the shadow is real since the shadow of the leafs matches perfectly the question is what makes the actuall rose fall apart?
Dreamerx47 2 years ago
Dreamer, look more closely and you'll see the shape of the actual flower is wrong at the top. There's a shadow petal sticking up that isn't there on the real one.
Indeed, I'm nowhere near as clever as Teller so I don't know how he makes it fall apart.
queenastilon 2 years ago
actually i already saw that and the light is coming from an angle below the top flower so it makes it look too wide
Dreamerx47 2 years ago
@queenastilon That would make the performance FAR too complicated. Tricks are always simple.
Chris45215 1 year ago
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lol I mean seriously, to be honest Chris Angel really is an angel.
He can fucking walk on water. Penn and Teller are two conmen cowards who have a terrible show.
Sorry to break it to you. Really.
absurdaztec2 2 years ago
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nothingman36 2 years ago
Chris Angel is a pussy who steals tricks from more talented magicians and does them wearing skinny jeans and eyeliner so emo girls think he's their Sexy Lord Satan.
I've heard Angel went off on an amateur magician calling him a fake and accusing him of not really being able to do magic. I think he's flipped his wig.
olddeuteronomy 2 years ago 69
@olddeuteronomy
Just a dude making a living. There are a lot of different styles of magician out there.
riparianlife97701 1 year ago
@olddeuteronomy, I hate Criss as much as the next guy, but he, and Houdini, and Penn and Teller and many other magicians have spoke out and went after fake psychic's who deceive people when they are most vulnerable. Criss's dad had just died, I believe and this guy was claiming he could talk to the dead. Criss, knowing he was a con artist, knowing his methods, could not tolerate deception being used in that way. Most magicians can't.
deanmat 1 year ago
@absurdaztec2 i agree with this guy
jaderoxsable 2 years ago
he walked on glass they arent cowards their realistic
SCIPghosthunters 2 years ago
Chris Angel is a douchebag
Dreamerx47 2 years ago 105
@Dreamerx47 you're a douchebag.
hematitecrow 1 year ago
@Dreamerx47 I saw a magician at my high school during lunch
he was in town cuz his friened had died
apparently he works along side someone who works with chris angel
i gotta say he was a far better entertainer and illusionist
mrfrosty8172 1 year ago
@Dreamerx47
no...
he's just a mindfreak
xXTiberiusXx 1 year ago
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Id like to stab Penns fat ugly ass with a bayonet and then eat Tellers tiny dick off.
Bastards.
absurdaztec2 2 years ago
FUCK!
cliffhucker13 2 years ago
It's a trick, an illusion, everybody knows that, that ain't bullshit jackass.
cronology 2 years ago
way to generalize a species of animals #1, and #2, way to generalize a species of animals with another animal as a metaphor.
Phi16180 2 years ago
this is bullshit.
jimmysome 2 years ago
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lol jason alexander is such ap usy. he cried??
blacksabbathgnr098 2 years ago
@blacksabbathgnr098
Does it make you feel more like a man that you are utterly incapable of being moved by beauty?
Mark73 2 years ago 4
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@Mark73 I can appreciate art more than most other guys, but crying over a magic trick? Where do you draw the line?
It was a cool magic trick. But what was the social message in a magic trick about cutting a rose that is so potent that a grown man would cry?
Please tell me.
blacksabbathgnr098 2 years ago
0:40 - amazing
MrBiggMan 2 years ago
Basically yeah, lol
KelliculusRex 2 years ago
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I'd like to stab Penn's fatass with a bayonet and then eat Teller's tiny dick off.
Bastards.
fuckyousonsofbitches 2 years ago
Lol listen to 0:28-0:32
Thank you mr. Obvious
Weird98GuY 2 years ago
wow that picture of teller as young with the knife.... he looks fucking psycho....
Danovio 2 years ago 8
I know how it's done. Wax. The flower is put together with wax, and the bright light that casts the shadow melts the wax. If you're consistent in how you apply the wax, you know in what order the pieces will fall.
riparianlife97701 2 years ago 4
there's another video where the guy blows on the shadow and the flower moves consistent with his blowing. how's that done?
MisterBouncyBounce 2 years ago 3
and every time you do it somewhere else, under a different lightbulb, or just the slightest difference in wax, you are going to have different melting points. nice try though.
Skippy8806 2 years ago